Scrappy Stars–Finished

Yes the top is done! Nice feeling to have another finish this early in the year. Bigger than I had originally intended – but this is a nice size and I can still do the quilting by my machine if I want to. The Juki can handle a big quilt. I’m not rushing into quilting it immediately I plan on taking a short break from it! Finished at 79 x 92 inches. I could have made it square like I do a lot of mine but it would have meant doing one more row and I was running low on a variety of aqua fabric and only have two colors left.

When I started the 16 patch centers this box was full of 2 inch squares – now– A very noticeable dent has been made in the 2 inch box!!! And that is a good feeling – sometimes when making a scrap quilt you feel like no progress was made in the scraps – this time there was. I was down to mostly browns and greens and of course the white which I had not used. I managed to find enough color variety to finish the last sashing last night.

A close up. I used the Accu Quilt cutter for some of it – I do not have one for the 2 inch squares and most of those had been cut a long time ago – the white squares are 3 inches finished cut with die # 55701 and the star point units are made with #55703 also finishing at 3 inches – you of course do not need the die’s I just happened to have the right size and made use of them.

Congratulations, Karen. It looks great! I love the scrappy look. Will be curious to see how you quilt it.

I’m impressed that your box of squares is so neat. Mine are just tossed in and mixed up. I use them a lot, but some need ironing when I do. Same with my 2.5″ box. My HST box (various sizes) is at least a little neater.

not sure how I will be quilted it at this point but if I do machine quilt it – it will be straight or slightly wavy lines – that is the only way I do machine quilting. I always keep my scrap boxes with the pieces stacked up so I can see what I have in them – they are pressed and ready to use. the only boxes that are a bit of a mess right now are the strings and a box of white pieces – I really need to go through that one.

not that fast, I started it in November but just worked on it here and there, I really got to work on it in early January but then took time off to help my sister otherwise it would have been done by now. now to get back to work on the baskets and air ships

Congratulations on this big, beautiful scrappy delight! Those aqua stars really shine! It must feel great to have made such a big dent in the scrap department.Lorna McMahon recently posted…{Another} Santa Claus Table Runner

I just love all of it! The scrappy sashing just makes it sparkle. One word of advice- the outside edge of the quilt with the 2″ squares- if you just put a binding on that when quilted, it may end up funky or uneven due to quilting. If you add a thin strip of whatever fabric around the quilt, you have somewhere to trim and bind.Linda recently posted…Trying it on

Your scrappy stars top looks fantastic! I really love the scrappy sashing idea. Don’t know that I’ve seen that before, but it really ties in nicely with the star centers and makes your scrappy quilt look a lot more balanced and “organized” than most.Rebecca Grace recently posted…Baby Steps On the Baby Quilt

Karen, this is one of my favorite quilts that you have made. It’s got a very welcoming, cozy and happy look to it. Just curious, do you sell your quilts on Etsy or anything?Janice Holton recently posted…Forced to Improvise

I have never tried selling my quilts on Etsy – there is so much competition for quilts I wouldn’t think it is easy to get noticed. I am almost always willing to sell a quilt though and occasionally sell a quilt through a contact at a gift shop in Little Rock – but I haven’t been too active with it the last couple of years. I sometimes wonder if I added a link on my blog to a list of quilts for sale if I would have any luck – if anyone is ever interested in buying one of my quilts I would be willing to discuss price for sure

Oh Karen, it’s so beautiful all finished. I love it, congratulations! It seemed to go so fast. The colors are so wonderful they just sparkle. It will be so awesome when quilted! I’m looking forward to seeing you’re baskets again.

thanks Dottie – once the blocks started to turn into rows it did go fast – I’m not sure when I will get back to the baskets but hope to get a few of those prepped soon so I will have them sitting out to pick up now and then and get busy

That is a great top, and all those scraps – woohoo. Congrats on your big finish. Thanks for linking to WIPs Be Gone – this one sure is a gonner.Angiein SoCal recently posted…Some the This; Some of That